In the wake of the murder of the policewoman in Bradford, we have a demand for an execution policy which the Government absolutely refuses to sanction.

All life has equal value, therefore any execution policy must cover all murder.

Capital punishment should be decided by legally-binding referendum, not according to the PC views of MPs or ministers. What price true democracy, as against the illusion we live under?

Other legally-binding votes need taking on all of Charter 88 proposals to drag the UK into the 21st century voting methods; also armed police, remaining in Europe, immigration, public utilities being reclaimed, and so on.

Cleveland Police chairman Mr McLuckie states arming all officers would lead to a general arming by the criminal class. Where is his evidence for such a view?

Can any reader recall such problems in other European countries where police have been armed for decades? Scandinavian nations are democratically light years ahead of the UK yet their citizens would consider themselves irresponsible to expect their police not to have means to protect themselves should the need arise, which it rarely does.

The Police Federation, Government and public are hopelessly naive on the armed police question, always quoting the American madness which is self-inflicted due to their lax gun laws.

Logic suggests a like with like comparison with European police who have been armed for many years, yet they don't have shoot-outs every day.